Interesting article about ongoing research into the link between handwriting and the brain. https://www.israel21c.org/how-our-handwriting-reveals-our-mood/ This link between handwriting and the brain is important both for the forensic handwriting examiner who examines questioned writing, and the handwriting analyst who analyses personality through handwriting. There are unconscious, involuntary movements

Much research has been conducted over the last number of centuries, into handwriting as a link between the hand and the brain. The significance of handwriting analysis to reveal the link should not be underestimated. Handwriting analysis is easily able to point to the presence of physical and

https://www.graphanex.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/misaligned-lines-image-cropped.jpgIn Forensic Document Examination, a regular comment by clients to a forensic document examiner (FHE) is “I need the signature/handwriting on this document to be analysed. That looks like my handwriting or signature, but I know I didn’t sign or write on that document or My father

An interesting read based on research conducted in the US to determine the link between social cynicism and unethical behaviour. This relationship between social cynicism and ethical behaviour, is also often encountered in the field of forensic document examination in South Africa. http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pb-whmonthly/news/education/sd-me-sdsu-ethics-20171227-story.html The negative impact of

The forensic handwriting examiner can be relied upon as an expert witness to testify about the authenticity of documents. Most of the work done by document examiners in South Africa involves handwriting and printed documents. However distorted perceptions continue to exist about the status of forensic document